Text size
Excerpt
"Have you not heard," replied Sang Hu, "how when the men of Kuo fled, one of them, named Lin Hui, cast aside most valuable regalia and carried away his child upon his back? Some one suggested that he was influenced by the value of the child;—but the child's value was small. Or by the inconvenience of the regalia;—but the inconvenience of the child would be much greater. Why then did he leave behind the regalia and carry off the child?
Source Chuang Tzu, chapter 20, §6 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Chuang Tzu, Lin Hui, forced to flee, leaves behind a jade scepter of immense value to save his little child: what comes from the heart counts more than all riches. Today, choose to give your time and attention to someone you love, rather than to a task or a material possession.
Receive a lesson of this teaching every day by email or Telegram
Subscribe for free →